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Hair Band to Hero (Marci) PDF Print E-mail
Bret Michaels of Poison was among my very favorites back in the day, for a much different reason than why is still one of my very favorites today.  I don’t even watch Celebrity Apprentice – but I know that a significant number of the some 18 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes are considering tuning in!  I am completely thrilled that he has chosen the American Diabetes Association as his charity of choice.  And the reason he cited for this personal connection, ADA sponsored camps for children, is even more touching to me. If timing is everything, his timing could not be better.  A week from today, Tuesday March 23rd to be exact, is Alert Day – brought to you by the American Diabetes Association.  If you are not familiar with this, I encourage you to go to www.diabetes.org and find out how you can become involved.  It’s all about getting the word out to the over 7 million Americans who have diabetes, but sadly don’t know it. Big thanks to Bret Michaels for his generosity of himself for always being so open and advocating for diabetics and generosity of his treasure as well.  Who says every rose has it’s torn?
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butterflyshirls  - Hero?   |Registered |2010-03-17 17:06:03
If you are looking for diabetic heroes, look no further than our Olympic team.
Kris Freeman was the first Type 1 Diabetic to compete in long-distance
cross-country skiing at the Olympic level.

As much as I idolized Bret (I
was a big hair-band fan, too), I have more respect for Kris and other athletes
(Jay Cutler, Charlie Kimball, Zippora Karz, Billie Jean King, etc.) than I do
for a rock star.

Although I cannot honestly call him a hero without tacitly
approving some of his antics on his "reality" show, I hope he does well
on the show. Maybe he can smash some of the myths about what diabetics can and
cannot do because of their disease.
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